William Wilberforce was an English politician who became the voice of the abolition movement in Parliament. William fought tirelessly to abolish slavery, although he was not supported in the is, by parliament. William won his battle and Slavery was abolished in July 1833, sadly William passed away three days later the abolishment of Slavery act kicked in in 1834. However slavery still exists and believe me it is happening where each and everyone of us live, please if you think well it is not happening to me, open your eyes and see that it could be someone you love and care about next please do you spot the signs do you see Men and women working so hard on farms scrap yard, going round door to door offering to do your drive way and jobs you have that need doing, is there premises near you where seems to be lots of comings and goings do you see children women and men in the house, standing in windows but you never see them out socialising, Do you think you have seen this, if the answer is yes I can tell you there is a possibility that there is forced labour taking place, trafficking too, yes you have read correctly children as young as nine are being used, what for you are asking? to line some greedy cold un feeling persons pocket. now you are thinking well they take care of them well guess what NO THEY DONT THEY DO NOT GET ANY PAY, THEY GET VERY LITTLE FOOD THEY ARE BEING ABUSED SO VERY BADLY, THEY LIVE IN SQUALID CONDITIONS NO WHERE TO WASH AND THEY ARE BEATEN AND DO NOT GET HELP FOR THEIR INJURIES, PLEASE SHARE AND SPOT THE SIGNS IF YOU SEE THEM REPORT THEM TO THE POLICE, WE ALL MOAN THE POLICE GET GOOD PAY THEN LET THEM EARN IT 1 PHYSICAL APPEARANCE Victims may show signs of physical or psychological abuse, look malnourished or unkempt, or appear withdrawn 2 ISOLATION Victims may rarely be allowed to travel on their own, seem under the control, influence of others, rarely interact or appear unfamiliar with their neighbourhood or where they work 3 POOR LIVING CONDITIONS Victims may be living in dirty, cramped or overcrowded accommodation, and / or living and working at the same address 4 FEW OR NO PERSONAL EFFECTS Victims may have no identification documents, have few personal possessions and always wear the same clothes day in day out. What clothes they do wear may not be suitable for their work 5 RESTRICTED FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT Victims have little opportunity to move freely and may have had their travel documents retained, e.g. passports UNUSUAL TRAVEL TIMES They may be dropped off / collected for work on a regular basis either very early or late at night. 7 RELUCTANT TO SEEK HELP Victims may avoid eye contact, appear frightened or hesitant to talk to strangers and fear law enforcers for many reasons, such as not knowing who to trust or where to get help, fear of deportation, fear of violence to them or their family.
Posted on: Sat, 18 Oct 2014 07:20:18 +0000
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